The following named men are shown to have been enlisted in Lawrence County, Indiana, by Major NORVELL, 16th U. S. Infantry, for the Mexican War: Charles M. BUCKLEY, Springville, Ind. Semer COBB, Springville, Ind. Jeremiah DEAN, Bedford, Ind. Elijah FULLER, Springville, Ind. James F. GEORGE, Springville, Ind. Nelson LEMONDS, Springville, Ind. Benjamin MURPHY, Springville, Ind. Westley H. NICHOLESS, Springville, Ind. Felps REED, Springville, Ind. John RUPERT, Springville, Ind. William H. TUMY, Springville, Ind. John PIERCE, Springville, Ind. Absalom VEACH, Springville, Ind. Co. K to which the foregoing men belonged was commanded by Capt. James HUGHES, who was at the time Editor of the Bedford Sun and was practicing law in Bedford. During the Civil War HUGHES was Judge of the Court of Claims at Washington. The few old men, contemporaries of Dr. NORVELL, now living, will recognize the following short description of the Doctor and his characteristics as I remember them: He was over six feet high, rather slim but very active and muscular. He was of nervous temperament and quick spoken; always wore side-whiskers, of more recent years called "Burnsides." He was very popular and had a host of friends. His fighting qualities were well-known throughout Lawrence county. He was first commissioned by President Polk as Major of the 16th U. S. Infantry, and soon after the regiment reached the Rio Grande he was promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel of the 10th Infantry; and "there by hangs a tale." At the risk of violating an injunction laid upon me by one yet living and who is a near and dear friend of Dr. NORVELL, I present the facts as they came to me from that and other sources of an affair which occurred on the Rio Grande and which came very nearly proving disastrous. After the regiment was fully organized and had reached Mexico at the mouth of the Rio Grande considerable friction sprang up between the Colonel TIBBETTS and Major NORVELL, growing out of reflections on the part of the Colonel concerning the conduct of the Second Indiana at Buena Vista – the Colonel embracing all Indianians in his insinuations and innuendoes. Major NORVELL sent Colonel TIBBETTS a challenge in the following language: "To strip off uniforms and fight as "Indianian" and Kentuckian,": pugnibus et calcibus, or with rifles." The Colonel, instead of accepting the unique challenge, preferred charges against Major NORVELL, which were never acted on by the War Dept. But President Polk, to prevent a possible tragedy, promoted Dr. NORVELL to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 10th Infantry, and thus placed the belligerents in different regiments.